HOOK The tragic-turned love story of Romeo and Juliet, written by William Shakespeare is a classic piece of literature that encircles two star-crossed lovers, whose relationship is doomed from the moment they meet. The play is introduced with a long standing family feud that eventually ends with bloodshed and regret. Both families contributed to the death of Romeo and Juliet, but truly only one is to blame. The Capulet family are the ones to blame for the death of the young lovers through embedding false propaganda and neglecting their child of parental love and guidance.
The false propaganda preached by the Capulet family has caused many problems that have snowballed and have led to the misfortune deaths. "What, drawn, and talk of peace?
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I hate the word. As I hate hell, all Montagues, and thee” ( Shakespeare 1.4. 63-64). This quote by Tybalt is an example of how the Capulet family has raised all the children with a certain mindset and hatred for the Montagues. Juliet, being brought up with this, knows she will never gain her family's approval of her love for Romeo, let alone their approval to marry him. This worry put her in the middle of choosing between her family's respect or her lover. The anxiety and distress that her parents unknowingly administered to her, eventually made her believe that death was the only option once Romeo had died. “Sir Paris, I will make a desperate tender of my child's love. I think she will be ruled. In all respects by me; nay more, I doubt it not" (Shakespeare 3.4. 12-14). This quote used by Lord Capulet is said when he is expressing his sureness to Paris that Juliet will want to take his hand in marriage. This is an example of false propaganda because Lord Capulet is speaking on Juliet's behalf and is arranging a marriage with out her consent. Thus he is causing his daughter to resort to any option she can think of, which ultimately led to the two lovers untimely deaths. Throughout the play, the false propaganda propagated by the Capulet family continued to create more problems and obstacles that Romeo and Juliet could not work past in a reasonable way. The Capulet family also contributed to the death of the two lovers by neglecting their child of parental love and guidance.
"...To go with Paris to Saint Peters Church, or I will drag thee on hurdle thither. Out, you green-sickness carrion! Out, you baggage! You tallow face!...Hang thee you baggage! Disobedient wretch!” (Shakespeare 3.5. 154-157, 160). This quote by Lord Capulet shows his lack of father-ship and patients. By calling Juliet all the names it has made her feel worthless, to the point where she feels useless to her family unless she agrees to marry Paris. The lack of parental acceptance and love made Juliet believe she and Romeo would never be accepted if they confessed their love for one another. "Talk not to me, for I'll not speak a word. Do as thou wilt, for I have done thee” (Shakespeare 3.5. 203-204). Lady Capulet's words exhibit that she deprives her daughter of motherly love and trust. These words make Juliet feel hopeless because even her own mother won't help her stop a wedding she never agreed to. Because of this, Juliet goes and looks for another way out of it, which ultimately is the option of death. During the play, there are many examples of Lord and Lady Capulet disregarding Juliet, showing that they really don't know anything about what is going on with their
daughter. The Capulet family are the ones to blame for the death of Romeo and Juliet through preaching false propaganda and depriving their child of parental love and guidance. There were many instances that could have prevented the tragic deaths; However ultimately, Romeo and Juliet chose to die together rather then sacrifice their happiness alive and apart. HAVENT FINISHED
Love can kill but being forced to love can hurt even more. In my ninth grade english class we read the book Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, it was a tough book in the beginning with the word choices used by the creative writer William Shakespeare. We were told to right an essay and gather evidence of who is the real blame for Romeo and Juliet's death. I believe the real killer in this book is Lord Capulet the father of Juliet.
A person’s family may influence them substantially as they grow, from young children to love-struck teenagers. These family members might do so unintentually, but bad traits will rub off just as often as good ones, so will opinions and ideas. Lord Capulet is a character in William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet who tries to make the best out of bad situations, but rarely succeeds and is coloured as quite a hypocrite. He attempts to not be blinded by hate but evidently this leads to many mistakes, usually ones he himself doesn’t end up making, but ones he leads others into. Lord Capulet’s bad parenting leads to the death of his daughter and her lover.
Lady Capulet is very materialistic and she wants Juliet to gain wealth and status by marrying Paris ‘’Share all that he doth possess’’. In addition, because she got married at a young age, therefore she thinks it’s right for Juliet to be married at a young age ‘’I was likely your mother at just about your age’’. Moreover, she constantly urges Juliet to marry Paris without any sense of consideration for Juliet’s opinions or feelings, about the alliance of the marriage. Furthermore, this illustrates her cold attitude towards love and marriage as she only talks about Paris Social position and wealth.
Juliet's farther never took to the time to understand his daughter and he presumed that she'd always respect whatever he had to say. When Juliet did not accept her father's idea for her to marry Paris, he became very angry and said, "Hang thee, young baggage! Disobedient wretch! I tell thee what, get thee to church o'Thusday, Or never after look me in the face." This resulted in Juliet having to take desperate measures to avoid marrying Paris.
This is when he calls her a "disobedient wretch." The reason for this is because Lord Capulet has told Paris that Juliet will take his hand in marriage and if she doesn't then he will be going back to his word. In those days, whatever the man of the house says goes. To hear that Juliet refusing the command makes him shocked and very angry, as He has searched and found a perfect match for Juliet and so he feels that she should be grateful for.
Lord Capulet is a loving father who deeply cares for Juliet. When he arranges the marriage between her and Paris, he is just trying to do what he feels is best for her. He knows Paris, being handsome and rich, will make a good husband to Juliet. When she refuses to marry Paris he goes into a violent rage, saying things he doesn’t mean. “Hang thee, young baggage, disobedient wretch! / I tell thee what: get thee to church o’Thursday, / Or never after look me in the face.”(3.5.166-168). He feels that the marriage of the two will be beneficial for Juliet and he loves her so much that he doesn’t mean to hurt her feelings. When Juliet “dies” he laments. “Despised, distressed, hated, martyred, killed! / Uncomfortable time, why cam’st thou now/ To murder, murder our solemnity? / O child! O child! My soul and not my child! / Dead art thou! Alack, my child is dead, / And with my child my joys are buried.” (4.5.65-70). He cries out in a pain and anguish for his lost daughter Juliet. By showing emotion on account of her death and for her disobedience, Capulet shows that he really does care for Juliet and that he is a good father, wanting the best for her.
“ A pair of two star crossed lovers take their life.” This quote is made in prologue 7 and spoiled what will happen to the reader, but the reason why or who is at fault is never spoken of. Juliet Capulet, daughter of Lady Capulet and Lord Capulet is a thirteen year old girl who is obedient and wants to do the best on behalf of the family. Throughout the play the reader is given many instances were Juliet’s parents feel obligated to love her. At first they threatened to throw her out onto the streets as in Act three Scene 5 Capulet says to Juliet “Thursday is near lay hand on heart and you be mine, Ill give you to my friend, and you to be not, hang, beg, starve, die in the streets.”. Even though she obeyed her parents they had high expectations of her to do what was beneficial
He did this by yelling at Juliet screaming, “Hang thee, young baggage! Disobedient wretch! I tell thee what: get thee to church o’ Thursday, or never after look me in the face. Speak not. Reply not. Do not answer me. My fngers itch. – Wife, we scarce thought us blest that God had lent us but this only child, but now I see this one is one too much and that we have a curse in having her. Out on her, hilding!” (III, V, 160-168). Lord Capulet accosted Juliet because he was extremely angry for her not wanting to marry Paris. However, by doing this, Juliet needed to find a way out of the wedding; she would not acquiesce and marry Paris, it could not be anyone but Romeo. Capulet further threatened Juliet saying, "An you be mine, I 'll give you to my friend; And you be not, hang, beg, starve, die in the streets," (V, 3, ln. 191-192). By saying this Capulet threatened rejection from him forever, which terrified Juliet so much that she would rather kill herself than be
Lord Capulet wanted his daughter married, but could have had a better plan. Every character knows marriage and love at a young age can lead to death and hardships in the future, but Capulet still wants to marry Juliet. So Capulet should be blamed, because he does not allow Juliet to have a say, makes a horrible decision, and enforces her marriage with Paris too quickly. For example, “Hang thee, young baggage, disobedient wretch! I tell thee what: get thee to church o’ Thursday Or never after look me in the face. Speak not; reply not; do not answer me” (Act 3 Scene 5, 166-169). This means that Lord Capulet does not want the slightest disagreement of the marriage from his daughter and if she does not obey, does not want to ever look at her again. The reason why Juliet had to die was because Capulet rushed the marriage onto her and would take no back talk thus leading her to make a fast unintelligent
He did not give much thought on how Juliet feels about the marriage and agrees to marry the two even though Juliet had not given him consent. For example, when Paris asks Capulet if Juliet would love him; Capulet responds, "Of my child 's love: I think she will be ruled. In all respects by me; nay, more, I doubt it not." (4.3.13-14). Capulet’s relationship with Juliet is superficial; he does not understand or know his daughter well. By creating the wedding, he causes Juliet to become desperate as she would be marrying someone she doesn’t love. To add to the matter, instead of trying to understand his daughter’s perspective, he becomes aggressive and gives her with an ultimatum. Capulet shouts, “Disobedient wretch! I tell thee what: get thee to church o 'Thursday, Or never after look me in the face.” (3.5.160-163). By forcing Juliet into marriage, she becomes desperate and causes her to begin considering death as a way out. "I 'll to the friar, to know his remedy; If all else fail, myself have power to die." (3.5.241-242). Capulet’s controlling and aggressive parenting forces Juliet to marry someone she does not love. Furthermore, this causes Juliet to starts considering suicide as a way out. Capulet’s actions to forcefully marry Juliet to Paris brings her death because it results in the Friar’s potion plan which would cause the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. If Capulet did not
Although Capulet wanted the best for Juliet, he didn't give a thought on how she felt and had forced her to marry Paris which had caused problems that led to her tragic end. She didn't want to marry someone who she did not love and wanted to escape this marriage. Her method of escape was death. Capulet's controlling actions appeared as early as Act I Scene 2, when he was arranging Juliet's marriage to Paris without her consent. Paris wondered if Juliet would like him and Capulet responded with, "Of my child's love: I think she will be ruled. In all respects by me; nay, more, I doubt it not." (IV, 3, ln. 13-14). stating that he doesn't just think Juliet will like him but that he knows she will like him. When Juliet refuses to marry Paris, he shouted, "To go with Paris to Saint Peter's Church, Or I will drag thee on a hurdle thither." (V, 3, ln. 154-155). making her agree to go to the church. Although she did agree to go, her thought of, "I'll to the friar, to know his remedy; If all else fail, myself have power to die." (V, 3, ln. 241-242). showed that she did not plan on marrying Paris and that she would die first. Juliet's arrangement to Paris had brought her death because it had resulted in the potion plan which had caused Romeo and Juliet to die. If Capulet had never forced Juliet to marry Paris, she would have been living happily with Romeo.
In itself, the concept of marrying Paris rendered Juliet suicidal. Tybalt’s death, according to the thoughts of Capulet, left Juliet struck with grief. Therefore, he agreed to allow Paris to marry his daughter, in order to supposedly restore her cheer. Juliet’s and Friar Lawrence’s ingenious, yet lethal, intentions spawned after Juliet decided to be independent and not trust the principles of her own family. While her parents strived for her happiness, the words, “I will drag thee on a hurdle thither” (III.v.160), brought too much agony for her to manage, as she knew that her only choice was to marry Paris. Conclusively, Tybalt’s death was the foremost influence of Lord Capulet’s desire to marry Juliet to Paris, intending to bring joy to her. To the family’s dismay, they were unaware of the catastrophic events to come, because of
Juliet’s arranged marriage with Paris, as well as the ancient feud between Capulets and Montagues, eventually contributed to the deaths of their children. In Act 1 Scene 2, Paris asks Capulet, ‘But now, my lord, what say you to my suit?’ which shows that Capulet and Paris are discussing Juliet’s possible marriage without consulting her, perhaps implying they think she is too nave to decide on her future. They are arranging her marriage for her, which implies that men are very controlling of women’s lives, especially those of their daughters. The scene establishes how Juliet is subject to parental influence, and how she is very constrained since her father can force her to marry whoever he wants. Juliet’s status as a woman leaves her with no power or choice in the decision of whom she should marry.
For instance, in the beginning of the play she suddenly tells Juliet that she wants her to get married and that she has already found a suitor. Lady Capulet claims “Well, think of marriage now. Younger than you / Here in Verona, ladies of esteem, / Are made already mothers… The valiant Paris seeks you for his love” (1.3.70-75). Lady Capulet attempts to force the idea into Juliet’s mind that she should already be married by now, therefore it makes sense that she should soon be married to Paris. This is how parents usually speak with young ones, to ensure that they behave correctly. However, in this case, Juliet is old enough to have a conversation with Lady Capulet regarding important endeavors such as marriage. In addition, Lady Capulet reproaches Juliet for grieving shortly after the loss of Tybalt and the banishment of Romeo. She states that “Some grief shows much of love, / But much of grief shows still some want of wit” (3.5.72-73). Essentially, Juliet’s mother is saying that Juliet is being stupid because she has expressed her sadness – something that is in fact healthy for everyone to do. Juliet has just lost her cousin and the love of her life has been banished from her city. Also, to make matters more difficult, she is an adolescent, and therefore feels emotions even more strongly. For all these reasons, it is extremely insensitive for Lady Capulet to tell Juliet that those who grieve lack intelligence. Furthermore, Lady Capulet abandons Juliet in the time where she needs her mother the most – when she is being threatened by Lord Capulet to marry Paris. Rather than at least conversing about it with her daughter, Juliet’s mother instead declares “Talk not to me, for I’ll not speak a word, / Do as thou wilt, for I have done with thee” (3.5.203-04). Lady Capulet shut down Juliet’s attempts to discuss her own marriage, ignorant of
with Romeo, a Montague. She knew that if she informed them of how she felt,